A woman from Minneapolis has “beat the odds” and claims that she is cured from mesothelioma cancer.

39 year old Heather Von St. James was diagnosed with mesothelioma almost 3 years ago and underwent a radical surgery to remove her left lung, the pericardial lining around her heart, half of her diaphragm, a rib, and several lymph nodes. According to her surgeon, Dr. David Sugarbaker of International Mesothelioma Program in Boston, Heather is “disease-free.”

“I am the poster child for hope after mesothelioma,” said Heather.

The survival rate associated with mesothelioma is about 1%, and most patients suffering from mesothelioma break down to the disease in less than 2 years following their diagnosis.

Source: A rare survival story in a brush with a rare and deadly cancer

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